"Thank you for coming to hear me" Once again, Angela had donned a suit and placed herself in front of the cameras. This time though things were different. They had come to hear her speak, they had not come to ask questions. It was incredibly short notice, just before the end of the month. That didn't matter much. News was slow and many were desperate for anything.
"I'll make this brief and will have a small questioning session after I have said what is needed. Recently, on October the ninth, I was personally threatened by Blackwatch's leader, Evelyn Colter" Muttering from the crowd and a shift in the actions showed all that Angela needed to know. This was big news. This would be told.
"Due to my constant criticism of the institution, they showed their true colours, aiming to silence me just not by threatening me, but threatening my friends, my adopted parents, my loved ones earlier this month" Further murmuring from the crowd and forward momentum in seats, moving forward for the clearest soundbites, just the reaction Angela wanted. "For the remainder of the month, I had said and done nothing. It is clear that appeasement will not accomplish anything. So from this point onward, I am declaring my opposition to Blackwatch in every possible way. I am saying that for as long as I breathe, I will stand against what they stand for! I will not stand still, I will not be quiet, I will not accept where they have placed me! Let them come! There weapon is deception, but my shield is truth, and by telling the world I will protect my loved ones from those who wish to hurt them!" she paused, letting the silence of the room fill the room with tension and apprehension, this would be big news. A UN Rescue Service declaring war on a autonomous arm of the same organisation was massive.
"From their massacres on the villages in Napel to their flagrant escalation of the Northern African Wars I am constantly astounded by their audacity, their cruelty and the obvious skill they have in covering their own tracks. Ties to Terroists, militias, paid out by corrupt billionaires and politicians for their own gain and acting as death squads to be used on those they do not consider worthy of life they have somehow avoided international scrutiny and disbandment. People proclaim they are needed for security, I say they are the threat!" nice and inspirational, people are going to love this shit. Now for the hard part, the leap of faith.
"And concerning the previous Blackwatch leader, Gabriel Reyes and his death on the Matterhorn" The room was quiet for just a second and Angela savoured the moment, the sweet release from oppression and fear taken by Angela, another weapon Blackwatch could use lost in just a few words. "He attacked me, and I killed him in self defence with no other choice"
The conference room exploded with uproar and questions, and Angela left the room later, feeling happier then she had done in months. She had painted it rather differently to how it really went down, and undoubtedly Blackwatch will try and put out their own version. The UN already knew, and all inquiries had been dropped. Their may be some problems from those who thought Angela was releasing classified info, but Angela had given her position to those who held it, and most had agreed to her position. For most, their was little love for Blackwatch in the UN, though regardless of the level of support she had, she would not have backed down.
Stubbornness is based in the idea that dying on your own terms is better then living on someone else's, Angela would recall after she had made her decision. She knew that sometimes it was better to become part of the cycle then to rebel against it, especially when rebelling simply strengthened the cycle. Disagreement is a part of life and trying to avoid confrontation was antithetical to changing anything, Angela decided. She had always known it, lived with it and was moulded by it. Now she knew, would come Blackwatch's response, things would escalate. News media would pick up on it and report it like a tabloid. The eyes of the world now fixed their gaze on the two, and neither were backing down.